Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoHow come people don't compliment other people on great word usage? If someone use the word lets say ecclesiastical or something like that they do not get complimented it shows they respect English.message-squaremessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squareHow come people don't compliment other people on great word usage? If someone use the word lets say ecclesiastical or something like that they do not get complimented it shows they respect English.Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square51linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebig_slap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agothe use of uncommon words is not a sign of intelligence, it just means you know more words
minus-squareDon_Dickle@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agokind of like Malcom X reading the dictionary in prison?
minus-squarebig_slap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agohe definitely did know more words if that’s all he did in prison lol
the use of uncommon words is not a sign of intelligence, it just means you know more words
kind of like Malcom X reading the dictionary in prison?
he definitely did know more words if that’s all he did in prison lol